Queensland hooker Harry Grant credits his PE teacher mum Margie for preparing him to face every challenge in his rugby league career.
The 25-year-old has been named to come off the bench in the State of Origin series opener in Adelaide on May 31.
The Melbourne rake has already played a key role in the 2020 and 2022 Origin series wins and won the World Cup with Australia last year.
Grant has credited the development pathway he undertook for preparing him for Origin footy.
The rake played with Melbourne feeder team Sunshine Coast in the Queensland Cup, spent a season at Wests Tigers on loan in 2020 during Cameron Smith's final year of NRL and was an understudy to Smith.
